Newspaper editor and successful novelist Philip Wriford suffers a mental breakdown from overwork and worry over having to support orphaned children. To get away from the "other self" he imagines is following him, he wanders into the country and befriends Puddlebox, a philosophical tramp, who sacrifices his own life to save Philip.
The Clean Heart is a cinematic exploration of redemption and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century life. The narrative unfurls with the harrowing tale of Philip Wriford, a newspaper editor and novelist, who grapples with the mental and emotional toll of his professional and personal life. Wrif...
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J. Stuart Blackton
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" The Clean Heart is a cinematic exploration of redemption and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century life. The narrative unfurls with the harrowing tale of Philip Wriford, a newspaper editor and novelist, who grapples with the mental and emotional toll of his professional and personal life. Wriford, played by Andrew Arbuckle, is a character torn between his ambition and the crushing weight of responsibilities, particularly those towards orphaned children he supports. Foll..."
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